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Ecology
Ecology Terms & Defintions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biosphere | a part of our planet in clouding water land an air where life exists biomes combine to for this |
| herbivors | an animal that's eats only plants |
| carnivores | an animal that eats mostly meat |
| omnivores | an animal that eats both plants and meat |
| predators | animals that catches and feeds off of other live animals |
| scavengers | an animal that mostly eats decaying organism |
| parasites | obtain their food by feeding off another organism which continues on live |
| detritivores | a consumer that feeds on organic matter |
| decomposers | a special group of consumers that break down |
| autotroph | rganisms that can make their own food from basic nutrients and sunlight. Examples:green plant,algae |
| Heterotroph | organisms that must feed on other organisms to obtain energy |
| Food chains | show A step-by-step sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem & the one-way flow of energy from the producer to the top level consumer. |
| Photosynthesis | The process plants use to produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight. |
| Biodiversity | Number and range of different organisms in an area. |
| Toxins | |
| Bioaccumulation | gradual build-up of chemicals in an organism’s body |
| Respiration | |
| Extirpated | species that no longer exist in a particular region but still occurs elsewhere |
| Amphibious | |
| Carrying capacity | maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem can support without reducing its ability to support future generations of the same species |
| Commensalism | type of symbiosis in which one species benefits from a relationship without helping or harming the other species. |
| mutualism | A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from the symbiotic partnership. |
| symbiosis | Close interaction between two different species in which members of one species lives in on or near members of another species |
| Environment | all living things and nonliving things that exist on Earth |
| Habitat | The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. |
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